Bell Meadows, located in the Clavey River headwaters.

PROGRAMS - Campaign for the Clavey River

The Trust organizes support for protection of the Clavey River through grassroots organizing and education of local businesses and the public. The goal is to ensure future generations’ continued enjoyment of the Clavey River’s premier trout-fishing, hiking areas and spectacular swimming holes.

The Clavey, a principal tributary of the Tuolumne, is one of only three remaining fully free-flowing rivers in the Sierra and is highly prized by scientists for its biological integrity.

The Trust works for permanent protection of the Clavey through designation as a Wild and Scenic River, in conjunction with the California Wild Heritage Campaign.

The Trust plays a leading role in a collaborative watershed assessment (Clavey River Ecosystem Project) and analysis of the Clavey.

We also work to protect the South Fork Tuolumne River, with family camps, historical values, and large waterfalls.

The Trust also advocates for protection of Bell Meadows, a meadow complex in the headwaters of the Clavey River with the largest stand of quaking aspen in the southern Sierra. In partnership with the Stanislaus National Forest, the Trust conducts photopoint monitoring of Bell’s aspen grove.

Publications
Clavey River Fact Sheet

Take Action
Write to Senator Feinstein and Congressman Radanovich.